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New York: New Amsterdam Books. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0941533425 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "For Rolland Comstock, esq, fellow enthusiast for words - at some point in here narrator says, 'position is nine-tenths of the law' with the suggestion that 'professions,' like the spirit, follow higher principles, Best wishes, Paul Hawaii 91' shoot straight." Review from Publishers Weekly laid in. "The dramatic interest of the passages-at-arms in the pool room, the description of a world of losers, some of who are remarkable men, the first-person portrait of the young innocent who elects to face the world without a safety-net - all this adds up to an extraordinary literary debut." Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge wear. Small bumps on corners and spine ends. Bump on top left corner of back board. Faint soiling to edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket…
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